She who Creates

Today I explore, through music, the ways and the whys of women who create. Sit back relax and soak up the last bit of Spring this afternoon. In our studios we will have Elise Bryant, a representative from the 2011 Great Labor Arts Exchange.

Take a look at my new formatted playlist, that's right WPFW is moving on up in the technological world! It's definitely due to our graciously loyal and supportive listeners like YOU!

Please listen in, tell a friend and be sure to catch me tweeting LIVE! during the show @dreaofwaters. Also this playlist can be found online at www.wpfw.org.

Special thanks to my fellow Sophie's producer Lakeisha Harrison for assisting with the show today.

See you all soon--Andrea, Diva of the Third Thursdays on Sophie's Parlor.

Time	Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
1:12:44	Pam Parker	Sophies Theme	Imagine	Pam Parker	72
1:15:45	Jen Krupa-Leigh Pilzer	Opus One	JLQ	Jen Krupa Leigh Pilzer Quintet	70
1:22:15	Dee Dee Bridgewate	Red Earth	Red Earth	Emarcy	69
1:27:40	Concha Buika	Culpa Mia	La Nina De Fuego	Warner Music Latina	69
1:31:56	Michelle Webb	Istanbul	DC/Istanbul-the EP	Nachshon Red Sea	69
1:36:09	Carmen Lundy	(I Dream) In Living Colour	Jazz and the New Songbook	Afrasia Productions	68
1:46:55	Irka Mateo	Reencuentro	Anacaona	Irka Mateo	64
1:50:47	Cassandra Wilson	Blue Skies	Blue Skies	JMT	63
1:53:57	Blame Sally	Take Me There	Speeding Ticket and a Valentine	Ninth Street Opus	64
2:00:34	Eisley	The Valley	The Valley	Equal Vision Records	62
2:03:39	Sweet Honey in the Rock	Nature Song	Still the Same Me	Rounder Kids	63
2:05:49	Res	On My Way	Black.Girls.Rock	Res	63
2:10:36	Irka Mateo	Maboba	Anacaona	Ikra Mateo	61
2:14:52	Janis Siegel	The Suitcase Song	A Thousand Beautiful Things	Telarc	64
2:33:38	Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans	Picadillo	No Cheap Dates	Eagle Seeks Salmon Productions	61
2:43:26	Brenda Fassie	Vul'indela	Greatest Hits: The Queen of Africa Pop 1964-2004	NARADA Productions	57
2:46:32	Peru Negro	Taita Guaranguito	Jolgorio	Times Square Records	59
2:54:26	Flora Purim	Light As a Feather	Butterfly Dreams	Milestone	56
3:00:16	Mary Lou Williams	Medley-The Lord is Heavy-Old Fashioned Slow Blues-For the Figs-Baby Bear Boogie	Recital-1978 Montreux Jazz Festival	Ojc	57

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The Impromptu Love Show with Diva Kimberly C. Gaines

It just so happens that on this rather WARM day in May (understatement) the theme in the Parlor is Love. Spirit guided this playlist. Just in a loving mood I guess. So glad you can't see me bouncing in the studio chair to all the music that has been played on this show.

Special THANK YOU to Pam Parker for blessing the Parlor with her presence today. Be sure to check her out at the Strathmore Mansion' "Art After Hours" Series 10701 Rockville Pk., Bethesday, MD on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30pm Also, check out her latest CD the Lemonade Project. We love Pam and think you should too!!

Here is the playlist! Support independent artists by buying their music and attending their shows. They are apart of the soundtrack of your life!

Time	Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
1:07:45	Carlitta Durand	icarli	Nostalgic Nights	Indie	65
1:11:39	Break Reform	It's Love	Reformation		64
1:17:11	Rahel	Hope			63
1:22:11	D'Nell	Rioja	1st Magic		62
1:42:09	Pam Parker	Home in Bahi	The Lemonade Project		59
1:46:37	KING	The Story	The Story - Single		58
1:50:38	Anjulie	Love Songs	Anjulie		60
1:53:57	Ne'a Posey	80 Days	All Together	Soulspazm	60
2:00:34	Aya	Looking for the Sun	Strange Flower		57
2:03:51	Algebra Blessett	At This Time	Purpose		56
2:08:56	Beth Gibbons	Romance	Gilles Peterson presents The BBC Sessions, Vol1		59
2:13:58	Break Reforn	They Are His	Reformation		56
2:19:43	Dezaray Dawn	Chameleon	Chameleon EP		58
2:23:49	Tweek	Are you Listening	Like This		59
2:31:16	Sara Devine	Special (Louie Vega Remix)	Vega AllStar Remixers		54
2:38:48	RYAT	Place My In Heart	Taylor McFerrin's Early Riser		55
2:48:30	Lady Alma Silhouette Brown	Hear Them Often Say	Two		59
2:53:27	Anane	Move, Bounce, Shake (Roots Mix)	Timeless Vol. 1		64
2:56:41	Imani Uzuri	Love Story	Her Holy Water: A Black Girl's Rock Opera		61

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Final Night of 2011 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival

Last night I (Helen) was joined by Diva Lakeisha at the show. We were both so happy to be at a performance where women and jazz were emphasized!

Our first performer was Corky Hale with a trio of valiant musicians. Corky is like your favorite great-aunt who tells too many stories and then sits down at the piano to belt out a few songs, only she also played harp! Looking at her website, I see that her stock-in-trade is "An Evening with Corky Hale;" it seems like we saw a greatly abbreviated version of that last night. Tell a few stories, play a little, tell some more stories, play some more.

Here's a video of Corky playing the harp with Tony Bennett on the Tonight Show.


The next performers were pianist Peggy Stern and "Sweet" Sue Terry on the clarinet and sax. Both performers are virtuosos and it was a very pleasant performance! Sue Terry admitted that performing as the duo was both very exposed (that you are hearing only them - missteps would be more obvious, I guess) and very liberating, because they could experiment and have more opportunities to go a different way, because there is only one other person who could adjust. I appreciated it!

The final performance was Five Play, a quartet made up of members of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, who we heard at last year's Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. Led by Sherrie Maricle, one of the top women drummers of all time, they played a few numbers, and then were joined by Marlena Shaw. Marlena immediately took over the stage, actually telling Sherrie after the first number that there could only be one leader, and so they better pay attention to her! Wow. I love anything that Sherrie Maricle does, so I was a little sad for her!

I have to say looking back at the entire three night experience that the favorite night was definitely Friday. It made me wonder how performers for this festival are selected. Is there a committee? Do they have nominations? What is the over-arching goal, besides presenting women in jazz?

Please, be on the lookout for the sale of next year's tickets! Again, I will be buying them as soon as they are available!!!

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